On Poncelet's porism

Waldemar Cieślak; Elżbieta Szczygielska

Annales UMCS, Mathematica (2010)

  • Volume: 64, Issue: 2, page 21-28
  • ISSN: 2083-7402

Abstract

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We consider circular annuli with Poncelet's porism property. We prove two identities which imply Chapple's, Steiner's and other formulas. All porisms can be expressed in the form in which elliptic functions are not used.

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Waldemar Cieślak, and Elżbieta Szczygielska. "On Poncelet's porism." Annales UMCS, Mathematica 64.2 (2010): 21-28. <http://eudml.org/doc/267600>.

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References

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  3. Kerawala, S. M., Poncelet porism in two circles, Bull. Calcutta Math. Soc. 39 (1947), 85-105. Zbl0029.22601
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